Improvement in windmills



A. &.a. RAYMUND.

- Wind-Mill.

N0, Patentgd-Feb. 23,1875.

ALBERT RAYMOND AND GEORGE RAYMOND, O13 WAUPUN, WISGONSIN, ASSIGNORS OFONE-HALF THEIR RIGHI T0 MILO J. ALTI-IOUSE, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WINDMILLS.

Specifieation forming part of Letters Patent N0. 160,060; dated February23, 1875 application filed Deoember 24, 1874.

T0 all whom z't mag; concem:

Be it known that wo, GEORGE RAYMONI) and ALBERT RAYMOND, of Waupnn, intl1e county of Fond du Lae and State of Wisconsin, have invented certainImprovement-s in \?Vind-Wheels of whioh oho following is aspecifieation: 4

Onninvention relates to tl1at dass 0f automatic wheels which have tw0sets or series of wings, one around or outside 0f the other, arr'angedto tip over endwise in a plane parallel With the axis; and theimprovements consist in a novel manner of oonneoting the tw0 series ofwings Wihh eacl1 other and with tl1e controlling meehanism, and in apeculiar arrangement of an adjustable weight oontrolling the movement 0fthe wings, anal thereloy tl1e speed of oho wheel.

Figure 1 represents an edge view 0f a pair of the wings 01' sails of awheel provided. with our improvements, and Fig. 2 a face view 0f thesame.

The wheel consists, as usual, of a shaft, A, provided With a series 0fradial arrns, B, which are connected by t-w0 transverse rods, (l, onwhich are monnted the sails 0r wings D, in such manner that when thewheel is in .motion the centrifugal force Will tend to tip them overedgewise to the wind.

Wl1ile the drawing represents only one pair of tl1e radial arms, anclthe two wings between them, it will, of oourse, be understood that thewheel is composed of a series of like arms anal wings snrrounding tl1eshaft.

Throngh the middle of eaoh wing wo secure rigidly a bar, a, extending01113 in front and in rear of the wing, and between tho inner-ends 0fthe arms B we pivot a corresponding bar, E, having an arm, c, as shown.Tl1e inner ends 0f the three bars a a E are conneeted by a radial wlre01 rod, d, and their outer ends connected in like manner by a rod, e. Onthe straft there 1's mounted a sliding eollar, G, conneoted by a bar, f,with the arm 0 0f bar E, as shown.

Eaol1 pair of wings in filme wheel is arranged in oho above manner, andall connected with bl1e single collar G.

As tl1e inner and outer wings are conneoted in the above manner, and alloonneeted 150 t-he collar, it Will be seen that all the wings in thewheel must move together, and to the san1e extent, and tha-t they aroall controlled by t-be collar, whioh will be conneeted, as usnal, With aweight 130 resist the tipping movement of the wings, and t0 bring themback to their normal positions.

By extending the bars a ontward, both in front and rear, and conneotingtl1em als botl1 ends, as shown, we are enabled t0 hold the wings unclerperfect control, to make the parts very ligl1t and cheap, ancl to drawthe parts all np tight ancl snug in order to prevent thexn fromrattling.

On tl1e front wire o1 rocl d wo mount an adjustable weight, I, thecentrifugal force of whioh, when 1she wheel is in motion, assists intipping the Wings baokward.

By moving this weigh on the wire to or from the center of the wheel, itmay be caused to travel With more 01 lass velocity in proportion to thespeed of Ehe wheel, and thus its centrifugal force varied, so that itWill tip the wings when the speed reaches the limit; fixed upon.

Thus, it Will be seen the speed 0f tl1e wheel may be limited With greatnicety by simply changing the position of the weight, whieh may be madeof any dosired form, and secured in any suitable manner.

lt is obvious that instead. of having tl1e weight assist the movement ofthe wing or sail, oho latter may be arranged to tip readil y and theweight employed to resist tl1eir movement.

Insteacl 0f using the bars a, the two wires may be otherwise connectedto the wings, and instead of providing the bar E witl1 the arm c, thebar f may be eonnected directly to the body of bar E.

What wo claim as our invention is l. The combination ot the inner analonter wings D, conneoted by two wires or rods, d and e, one in front andoho oher in rear of the wings, substantially as shown anal desoribed.

2. The combination of the inner und outer as Shown, the adjustableweight I, as zind for wings D, provided wit;h the bars a, having thepurpose described.

their ends conneeted by the wires 01 rods d and e, substantially asshown. ALBERT RAYMOND.

3. The combination of the wings D, pro- GEORGE RAYMON D. vided With thebars a, the bar E, the wires d Witnesses: e, the bar f, and the slidingcollar G, as shown. L. D. HINKLEY,

4:. In combinaoion With the wire d, arranged A. MUDD.

